The Todd Veinotte Show | June 12, 2025

In Hour 1, Colin Sproul, president of Unified Fisheries Conservation Alliance, a group that represents commercial fishers, joins Todd to discuss how a Mi'kmaq band has dropped a legal case alleging the federal government was violating its treaty rights in the lobster fishery after hopes were raised of a historic deal. Howard Epstein, Friends of Halifax Common, discusses the meeting at Halifax City Hall that focused on the future of the so-called 'Wanderers Block' on the Halifax Common. Jessica Bradford, a Regions of Queens Municipality Resident, shares her concern about a new piece of infill along Shore Road in Queens County. HRM Mayor Andy Fillmore joins Todd to discuss the defeated motion to pause the construction of new bike lanes in the municipality. In Hour 2, It's the Open Hour, Todd takes your calls! In Hour 3, Steven Globerman, Senior Fellow with the Fraser Institute and the editor of the Institute's latest series on Artificial Intelligence, shares how AI can help mitigate the shrinking labour force by increasing the productivity of existing workers and adding new ones. Disability advocate Vicky Levack discusses how the Disability Rights Coalition is calling for strong Provincial Government action to catch up on legally binding deadlines in the Human Rights Remedy regarding the Disability Support Program.  Democracy Watch co-founder Duff Conacher calls for an independent review of the Access to Information Act to avoid the pitfalls of the last such exercise. Dr. Melanie Keats, co-director of the Physical Activity and Cancer (PAC) Lab, is on a mission to revolutionize cancer care by incorporating exercise into standard oncology care and optimizing the use of exercise in cancer management and recovery.